Chapter 92: Mona: Excuse me, are you Klee

Outside the City of Mondstadt!

"It should be here. Speaking of which, why did that child run away when she saw me before? Is there something strange about what I’m wearing?"

A girl wearing a magic hat looked at the city located in the center of the lake, complaining and examining herself without caring about others’ gazes.

After searching for a long time, she didn't find anything strange, and she couldn't help but feel a bit confused.

Undoubtedly, she was the strange big sister chasing Klee—Mona.

Coming to Mondstadt this time was mainly to fulfill the agreement made between her master and her friend Alice back then; she was purely here to fulfill the contract.

But it was hard to find the target person, and she hadn't even started a conversation before the other party slipped away.

With no other choice, Mona had to follow to the City of Mondstadt.

"Let me see where that child ran to."

As an astrologist, Mona generally wouldn't easily use divination.

Everything in fate is already destined; if one interferes or measures too much, even one’s own fate will be implicated.

However, simply finding someone’s location wouldn't cause a backlash.

Under the surprised gazes of others, Mona manipulated the elements. As water waves condensed into a divination disk in front of her, the girl began to calculate and measure.

The water-blue compass appeared, and surprisingly began to flow slowly.

After a long while, Mona dissolved the Hydromancy in confusion.

"Can't find it?"

Her Hydromancy was the only divination technique on this Teyvat continent that could peek into true fate, based on the illusions mapped by the starry sky on the water surface, using the reflections of the false sky in the water to peek into the truth of the world.

It could be considered the only decent research result of that old woman master.

But even using Hydromancy, she was unable to determine the specific information of that little girl at this moment.

This wasn't right; it was clearly so clear before.

Mona bit her fingernails and thought hard, then suddenly realized.

"So that’s it, that guy did it on purpose! The competition had already started long ago. What a despicable little girl, using such a despicable tactic based on her appearance to confuse me．」 ！”

Mona, who was fighting wits with the air, thought she saw the truth and was annoyed at her own stupidity for falling into the trap.

"That guy must be hiding somewhere and secretly laughing at me now. No, I must turn the situation around! If I lose and go back, I will definitely be killed!"

Thinking of the old woman’s terror, Mona couldn't help but shiver.

Thus, in the eyes of others, such a beautiful girl was actually talking to herself neurotically, and passersby cast pitiful gazes.

It’s a pity to be crazy at such a young age.

Mona clearly had no intention of paying attention to others’ views; she was going to be ruthless, putting all her attention on astrology, trying to catch a glimpse of the red-clothed little girl.

After persisting for I don't know how long, feeling like she couldn't hold on anymore, Mona’s eyes suddenly lit up.

"I see it!"

With the powerful ability of Hydromancy to reveal fate, she finally caught a glimpse of a manor.

That manor only had two floors, but it covered a large area, and its exterior was not gorgeous, but it revealed a bit of settled stability.

"Finally found you!"

Mona was quite gnashing her teeth, angry at herself for being played by a little girl—how could she be so stupid.

After finally calming down and recovering her reason, she hesitated again.

She had just used all her strength, and only barely found the location, which meant the other party’s attainments should be higher than her own. Was she really going to go to the door and humiliate herself?

After hesitating for only a moment, Mona quickly strengthened her belief.

Although she didn't look reliable usually, she was very serious about astrology, and even if her skills were inferior to others, she would admit it.

Holding such a thought, she entered the City of Mondstadt.

"Uh... which one was it?"

Looking at the bustling scene and the houses everywhere, Mona was stunned.

Tossing and turning, plus asking the residents, it took a full half-day, and after walking to seven wrong places, Mona finally saw the manor area by the Windrise plaza in the distance.

"So hungry."

Listening to the "gurgling" sound from her stomach, as a great astrologist, Mona took out the last Mora from her empty pocket very sparingly.

"..."

Only one left!

The girl hesitated a bit; if she used the last one, what would she do in the days to come?!

However, this hesitation lasted less than three seconds.

In the end, her protesting stomach made her realize that if she didn't find something to eat, she would starve to death on the streets before she could find that little girl.

Because she had been hungry for a day and a half, she could barely walk; if she hadn't picked and eaten quite a few wild fruits in the wilderness during the day, she probably would have already entered "begging mode."

After making up her mind, a quarter of an hour passed.

Gnawing on the dry, coarse flatbread in her hand, Mona pulled a bitter face as she slowly shuffled toward the manor in her field of vision.

Once she arrived at the location and stood on the street outside the manor, the young girl suddenly didn't know what to do.

Hydromancy only told her that this manor was related to that little girl in red; it didn't provide any more detailed information.

"Maybe... I should just go and ask."

The moment the thought surfaced, Mona's body involuntarily entered the manor grounds.

Looking at the door within arm's reach, the young girl thought for a moment and knocked gently.

A moment later, a gentle response from a mature older sister came from inside.

"Coming."

As soon as the door opened.

Raiden Makoto looked at the unfamiliar girl before her, slightly puzzled: "Who are you?"

Mona was stunned—what a beautiful older sister, with a large braid draped over her shoulder, giving off the vibe of a virtuous wife.

Fortunately, she quickly recovered and asked weakly: "Um, I'm here to find..."

At this moment, her throat instantly seized up, and Mona fell into a daze. What was that girl's name again?

She remembered the old hag's instructions, it was... oh, she remembered.

"I'm here to find Klee!"

"Klee?"

Raiden Makoto lowered her eyes to examine Mona, confirming she had never seen her before, but...

"Come in first and we'll talk."

Stepping aside to let the strange girl enter, Raiden Makoto didn't doubt her identity; she would find out soon enough anyway.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Mona followed closely behind the mature older sister's back, entering the interior through the entryway.

As she scanned her surroundings, she asked cautiously: "Excuse me, are you Klee's mother, Alice?"

In the middle of asking, Mona was still puzzled—wasn't it said that Alice had already left Mondstadt? Could she have returned?!

Hearing this, Raiden Makoto was slightly taken aback; that this girl would mistake her for Klee's mother was truly absurd.

Although she did indeed want to have a daughter with Luo Li who was even cuter than Klee.